Hi Everyone,

I'm new here. Jayne McHugh from Ontario, Canada, married for almost 25 years
and have three adult children.

I was just diagnosed with Rosacea today and I'm having one of the worst episodes
of flushing ever. My face has been burning for 13 hours and nothing seems to
help.

My doctor gave me Metrolotion to use, along with a package in regards to the
skin regime and a list of tripwires to avoid.

After reading up on Rosacea I must admit that I can see my biggest obstacle will
be with the diet. I also have arthritis, fibromyalgia, IBS and have been a
migraine sufferer since my teenage years so trying to work out a diet that will
not hinder any of these ailments is driving me crazy.

I have already ruled out chocolate, citrus fruits, cheese and bananas because of
my migraines and with the IBS dairy products are a problem although I have
learned to monitor my intake and haven't eliminated dairy completely from my
diet but on how on earth can I accomodate all these diet changes without sending
myself loopy in the process?

Maybe this is a good thing because I'm overweight and badly need to lose it so
if I just eliminate all known triggers for Rosacea, migraines and IBS I should
be as skinny as toothpick by the end of this month. <BG>

I'm looking forward to receiving mail from the group and hopefully to get some
relief from this disease.

Take care

Jayne


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